Tokuyama Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Idemitsu Kosan Co
• Website: http://www.idemitsu.com/
• Location: Tokuyama, Japan
• Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized, medium complexity refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation - 120,000
• Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation - 55,000
• Catalytic Cracking - 26,000
• Catalytic Reforming - 22,000
  • For Petrochemical - 12,000
• Naphtha Desulfurizaton - 22,000
• Middle Distillate Desulfurization - 55,000
• Indirect Desulfurization - 45,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

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Ongoing Projects

• Idemitsu Kosan plans to close the refinery by 2014

Other Information

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History

• 1957 - Construction of Tokuyama Refinery is completed
• 1996 - Gasoil Desulphurisation Unit commissioned
• 2014 - Refinery closed down

Relevant Links

1. Idemitsu, Company History
2. Chiyoda Naphtha And Middle Distillate Hydrodesulfurization Units
3. Restructuring for “Idemitsu Tokuyama

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